[3830] ARRL 160 K8BL SO Unlimited LP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: K8BL
Operator(s): K8BL
Station: K8BL

Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 19.6

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 1024  Sections = 76  Countries = 21  Total Score = 206,222

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

I'm annually amazed at how many stations can be crammed into one small
Band!! 99% of the Contesters were in the bottom 75 kHz and many had QSO
counts well over 1000. I personally had almost 1100 before dupes and I
rarely have that many on any Contest when I have 5-6 Bands to choose from!

Condx were very good from a QRN standpoint. I didn't work many EU stations
except at their sunrise when they came up nicely. Every year I'm disappointed
at the low turnout from SA and the Carib.

Looking back over the years, this was my best score. Maybe the installation
of more radials helped. I talked a neighbor into allowing me to lay out a
couple across his yard for the weekend. Living on a 100x150' lot is not the
best for 160M antennas.

Missed Sections WTX-LAX-SB-SJV-AK-NT. Almost had SJV, but they couldn't pull
me through and gave up after numerous tries. Why was WTX so rare when they
have all that space for long antennas?

ICOM IC-7700
Inverted L (Bazooka Feed) 25m Vert x 15m Horiz
  (8 radials + 250' of chainlink fence)
Pixel 400 Mag. Loop at 40' rotatable
CT-WIN Ver. 10.04 (Old & Reliable!!)


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